Design in the Age of AI | Crafting The Future of Human Experience

What To Expect

Ring in rooftop season as AIGA Chicago, in partnership with BuzzCo, continues our ongoing series exploring Design in the Age of AI. Join us for a look ahead to the future of human experience with a special talk by Matt Alverson, partner at IA Collaborative. Light snacks, beer and wine will be served as we break into guided discussion groups on IA's spacious rooftop patio.

As AI adoption surges, unprecedented opportunities arise for creative leaders at the forefront of design. Drawing from IA Collaborative's hands-on experience creating AI-in-the-loop workflows, proprietary AI tools, and agentic consumer experiences, Matt will share perspectives and examples of:

1. Designing Custom AI Workbenches
   If you’ve sensed that today’s AI tools aren’t quite enough, you’re right. And that gap is exactly where the most powerful innovation lives. See how IA Collaborative develops custom AI-in-the-loop workflows to amplify and evolve how we all create.
   
   
2. Agentic Co-Creation
   Why the new age of Agentic Design is so critical to our future – requiring both craft and computation to achieve more inclusive, human-centered solutions. We’ll share a vision of future user experience spanning tensions, challenges, and profound opportunities that agentic design presents.

Together, let us thoughtfully navigate and shape this inspiring new chapter in human experience.

About Our Speaker

Matt Alverson is a design innovator, corporate entrepreneur, and behavioral explorer all rolled into one. As a Partner at IA Collaborative, he’s leading the charge in Collaborative Intelligence in AI—building proprietary AI solutions that are already transforming teams at Fortune 50 companies.

By combining human ambition with modern AI, Matt and the IA Collaborative team’s mission is “to create the future of human experience.” Over the past 20+ years, he’s helped hundreds of companies shape what’s next—including Airbnb, Apple, and Adobe—and that’s just the A’s.

Beyond his work at IA, Matt is an Adjunct Instructor at the University of Notre Dame, where he has spent the past 14 years teaching hundreds of Executive MBAs how to master “Design Innovation & Foresight.”

Recognized as a Breakout Leader by Mayo Clinic Transform and an Innovation Visionary by IFA Germany, Matt’s work with IA Collaborative has earned accolades from Fast Company, SXSW, IDEA, and Red Dot. He is also an equity advisor to multiple early-stage startups.

A sought-after keynote speaker, Matt brings an electric blend of AI leadership, design strategy, and teaching excellence to every stage he steps on—showing organizations and creatives how to activate the exponential power of AI for good.

Code of Conduct

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